A Pentatonix Christmas
A Pentatonix Christmas is the fifth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their second full-length holiday album following That's Christmas to Me in 2014. Featuring two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "The Christmas Sing-Along", A Pentatonix Christmas debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and later peaked at number one, selling 206,000 units in its best week. A Pentatonix Christmas marks as their second number one album on the Billboard 200 after Pentatonix. The album also debuted atop the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after That's Christmas to Me. The deluxe edition of the album fell from number 6 to 200 on the Billboard 200 in 2018, the greatest drop for an album within the chart in Billboard history. The album also, with a guest appearance by The Manhattan Transfer, marked the first recording by the fourth iteration of the group, as this was Trist Curless' first participation with the group in a recording since the death of Tim Hauser, whom Curless officially replaced in 2014.
As of November 2017, 938,000 units of A Pentatonix Christmas have been sold in the US and 1,400,000 units worldwide. A deluxe edition was released on October 20, 2017, almost a year after the original's release. The deluxe edition additionally marks the first appearance of replacement bass Matt Sallee and the second to last appearance of Avi Kaplan.
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.Pentatonix
- Scott Hoying – baritone lead, backing vocals, co-vocal bass on "Hallelujah”
- Mitch Grassi – tenor lead and backing vocals
- Kirstin Maldonado – alto lead and backing vocals
- Avi Kaplan – vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals
- Kevin "K.O." Olusola – vocal percussion, beatboxing, tenor backing vocals, vocal flugelhorn on "Good To Be Bad", lead vocals on "Away in a Manger"
Additional personnel
- The Manhattan Transfer – featured artist
- Kala Batch – choir/chorus
- Ed Boyer – mixing
- Ben Bram – arranger, engineer, production
- Jacob Collier – contractor, arranger
- Jessi Collins – choir/chorus
- Tim Davis – contractor, engineer
- Luke Edgemon – choir/chorus
- Anthony Evans – choir/chorus
- Alex Green – production
- Missi Hale – choir/chorus
- Bill Hare – mastering
- Andrew Kesler – production
- Keri Larson – choir/chorus
- David Laucks – choir/chorus
- Shang-Po Lin – engineering
- Toby Lin – engineering assistance
- Keith Noftary – A&R
- Tiffany Palmer – choir/chorus
- Brandon Winbush – choir/chorus
- Mick Wordley – engineering
Deluxe edition
- Matt Sallee - vocal bass, bass backing vocals
- Reno Selmser - vocal bass, bass backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| German Pop Albums | 9 |